FE Volume 136 Issue 7

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EARTHQUAKE

"It felt like a giant rolling pin under the ground." Four fire fighters and Captain John Donelan, who was conducting a Stokes litter drill in the Coalinga, Calif., fire station last May 2, felt a "rolling sensation" in the ground at 4:42 p.m. Everyone immediately evacuated to the backyard, away from the station.
Firefighter DrillsFirefighter Training

EQUIPMENT DIGEST

An automatic SM2400-1 model charger that will recharge up to 24 pager batteries has been introduced by Alexander Manufacturing Co. The batteries are charged individually…
Firefighting Equipment

FIRE ENGINEERING

6 EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK Do We Need an “Emmitsburg West?” 8 VOLUNTEERS CORNER Breathing Apparatus: Improving Effectiveness Through Training 10 LETTERS 43 COMING EVENTS
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NEWS

NEWS

The Foundation for Fire Safety has taken a stand on the portable emergency, filtertype smoke masks which have been appearing on the market. The masks,…
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Apple Applications In a Volunteer Department

Apple Applications In a Volunteer Department

In an attempt to improve its accounting system, the New Berlin, Wis., Volunteer Fire Department invested in a microcomputer—and discovered that its capabilities extend far…
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DISPATCHES

It took 200 fire fighters and 34 pieces of apparatus to bring this multiple alarm blaze in Gettysburg, Pa.'s Lincoln Square Building under control last…
Fire Apparatus

COUNTY FRE ACADEMY BUILDS FOR THE FUTURE

The Nassau County, N.Y., Fire Service Academy provides training to the 10,000 volunteer fire fighters from 71 departments of Nassau County, Long Island. They protect…
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LETTERS

I was amazed to read Gene Carlson's assertion that “Today Chief Layman's Theory is dead" (Volunteers Corner, February 1983). Our area has always used the…
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COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

August 7-12, 97th Annual Convention of the Virginia State Firemen's Association and Ladies' Auxiliary. Contact Carolyn Landis, R-8, Box 221, Harrisonburg, VA 22801. August 15-17,…
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Do We Need “Emmitsburg West?”

The word from Emmitsburg is that a satellite campus for the National Fire Academy is planned for "somewhere west of the Mississippi" and "sometime soon."…
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RESCUE SITUATION: GAR OVERTURNED, DRIVER UNDERNEATH

A 10 p.m. phone call one night last summer from the New York State Thruway Authority summoned members of the Henrietta Fire District, Battalion 2,…
Technical Rescue

At Downtown Intersection JET FUEL TANKER BURNS

A four-alarm fire was touched off when an automobile and a tank truck carrying 3000 gallons of type A jet fuel collided at a downtown…
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Accidental Death Rate

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C·A·P PHOENIX STYLE

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PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT

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DISPATCHES

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Fire Apparatus

Atlanta’s Second Burning

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Staff

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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS— EVERYBODY MUST BE INVOLVED

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APARTMENT CONFLAGRATION

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FE Volume 136 Issue 7

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VisiCalc: The Best-Selling Software for Microcomputers

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Firefighter ToolsFirefighting Equipment

Breathing Apparatus: Improving Effectiveness Through Training

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